Psalms 66:10
For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
In Context
9Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved.
11You brought us into the net; you laid affliction upon our loins.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers knew not, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:9-13
The Saints Exhorted to Praise God. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's… Read the whole commentary →